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Wasn’t That a Mighty Day
Luigi Monge
其他書名
African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster
出版
Univ. Press of Mississippi
, 2022-08-24
主題
Music / History & Criticism
History / African American & Black
Nature / Natural Disasters
Music / Genres & Styles / Blues
Music / Religious / Gospel
ISBN
1496841778
9781496841773
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=f1B-EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Winner of the 2023 Award for Excellence for Best History in the category of
Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, R&B, Gospel, Hip Hop, or Soul Music from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Wasn’t That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster
takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural importance. Featuring newly transcribed lyrics, the book offers sustained attention to how both Black and white communities responded to many of the tragic events that occurred before the mid-1950s.
Through detailed textual analysis, Luigi Monge explores songs on natural disasters (hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes); accidental disasters (sinkings, fires, train wrecks, explosions, and air disasters); and infestations, epidemics, and diseases (the boll weevil, the jake leg, and influenza). Analyzed songs cover some of the most well-known disasters of the time period from the sinking of the
Titanic
and the 1930
Drought
to the
Hindenburg
accident, and more. Thirty previously unreleased African American disaster songs appear in this volume for the first time, revealing their pertinence to the relevant disasters.
By comparing the song lyrics to critical moments in history, Monge is able to explore how deeply and directly these catastrophes affected Black communities; how African Americans in general, and blues and gospel singers in particular, faced and reacted to disaster; whether these collective tragedies prompted different reactions among white people and, if so, why; and more broadly, how the role of memory in recounting and commenting on historical and cultural facts shaped African American society from 1879 to 1955.